The weirdest part is that it's only Blogspot that Netnanny has such manic issues with. Xanga and Livejournal are blocked for good it seems, ever since the "Two Meetings". My guess is because Blogspot is run by Google, and Google might get a little slack (the temporary blockages being a reminder of who's really in charge) since they've capitulated on the search engine thing...

Blogspot is blocked again today... maybe authorities want a monopoly on coverage of the Taiwan negotiations? Or perhaps the recent Tokyo press conference with the Dalai Lama is the pretext? In any case, it's annoying and childish.

It is Google that must answer to God and the owners' own innermost self when they agreed to allow censorship. Both the U.N. and the United States must draft laws outlawing internet censorship in these extreme forms. Google should have known the commercial pressure for China to acquire internet access was so overpowering that they would have absolutely had to relent had both Google and Yahoo refused to allow censorship. These entities have blood on their hands for some of the tragic results of Cisco Sytems monitoring the emails of private Chinese citizens, resulting in their torture. This is one American who cares deeply about China.